Dramma per musica in three acts

Libretto after Antonio Fanzaglia

An opera about magic with magical music: Alcina rules over an island full of men. But it is only through sorcery that she can keep her lovers by her side. When the young Bradamante lands on the island in search of her beloved Ruggiero, Alcina’s love spells come under threat from true love. George Frideric Handel’s Alcina is one of the highlights of his operatic oeuvre. Composed in 1735, its melodies constitute an embarrassment of riches which constantly reveal new sides to the characters. In particular, the arias sung by Alcina as she sees her power challenged are among the most outstanding psychological studies that Handel ever created. The concert performance with the ensemble Il Pomo d’Oro brings together a superb ensemble at the MusikTheater an der Wien led by Elsa Dreisig as Alcina and Sandrine Piau as Morgana.

Concert performance in Italian with German surtitles

Introduction to the work 30 minutes before curtain-up